The Catalonia International Prize (Catalan: Premi Internacional Catalunya) is a Spanish international prize, awarded every year since 1989 by the Generalitat de Catalunya. The award recognizes the work of people who have not only contributed to the development of culture, science or economics, but have also stood out for having completed their work with a high ethical and humanistic commitment.

Institutions and organizations from all over the world present candidates every year, usually exceeding 200 people. A large jury, composed of various personalities from different fields, and independent of the Generalitat, determine one award winner each year. The prize is only given to living people, and cannot be awarded posthumously. Four times (1995, 2004, 2008, and 2013) the award has been shared by two people.

The prize is presented at the beginning of March by the President of the Government of Catalonia and consists of a cash prize (in 2005 it was 80,000 euros) and a work of art.

History

YearWinnerNacionalityActivity
1989Karl PopperUnited Kingdomphilosopher
1990Abdus SalamPakistanphysicist
1991Jacques CousteauFranceoceanographer
1992Mstislav RostropóvichRussiaCcellist
1993Luigi Luca Cavalli-SforzaItalygeneticist
1994Edgar MorinFrancesociologist
1995Václav Havel
Richard von Weizsäcker		Czech Republic
Germany		writer essayist and politician
politician
1996Yaşar KemalTurkeynovelist
1997Amartya SenIndiaeconomist
1998Jacques DelorsFrancepolitician
1999Doris LessingUnited Kingdomwriter
2000Abdallah LarouiMoroccohistorian
2001Andrea RiccardiItalyhistorian
2002Harold BloomUnited Statesessayist
2003Nawal al-Sa'dawiEgyptwriter and social activist
2004Sari Nusseibeh
Amos Oz		Palestine
Israel		philosopher and writer
2005Claude Lévi-StraussFranceanthropologist
2006Pere CasaldáligaSpainreligion
2007Edward Osborne WilsonUnited Statesentomologist, biologist and science communicator
2008Cynthia Maung
Aung San Suu Kyi		Myanmar
Myanmar		medic
activist
2009Bill Viola[1]United Statesvideo artist
2010Jimmy Carter[2]United Statespolitician
2011Haruki MurakamiJapanwriter
2012Luiz Inácio Lula da SilvaBrazilmetallurgist, trade unionist and politician
2013Malala Yousafzai[3]
Gro Harlem Brundtland		Pakistan
Norway		Student, activist
politician
2014Desmond TutuSouth Africaactivist
2015Jane GoodallUnited Kingdomprimatologist
2016Josep Baselga
Manel Esteller
Joan Massagué		Spainoncologist
2019Vinton CerfUnited Statescomputer scientist
2020Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o[4]Kenyawriter and activist
2021 Judith Butler[5] United States gender studies philosopher
2022 Svetlana Alexievich writer
2023 Joseph Stiglitz United States economist

References

  1. ↑ "Artforum.com". www.artforum.com. 12 May 2009. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  2. ↑ "Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter Receives the Catalonia International Prize". The Carter Center. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  3. ↑ "La Malala, new Catalonia International Prize". www.europeana.eu. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  4. ↑ "Ngugi wa Thiong'o awarded the Catalonia International Prize 2019 | Linguapax International". Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  5. ↑ "Judith Butler awarded Catalonia International Prize | Letters & Science". ls.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
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